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Opinion Corner: The ideal human lifespan
MY ideal lifespan is 26 years. I wish to die at this age as I think it is enough time for a human being to test his abilities, fulfill his duties and enjoy the fruits and delights of life. I think the shorter one lives, the less sins he will commit.
Till 26, we should have enjoyed the most fantastic, healthy and glorious periods of life — childhood and youth. During this time, we are surrounded by many of our loved ones such as our parents, brothers, sisters and friends. I don’t want to be alive to see them die.
I never want to grow old. It is a miserable age when bound to the bed you live a lonely life without your parents and many of your friends. Old people are considered a burden in our society. I do not wish to be such a burden.
It is possible to achieve a lot in life till the age of 26. Even in his short life, Keats (1795-1821) acquired a distinguished stature among other great poets who were blessed with a long life. There is a very wise saying, “Man lives in deeds not in years”. So I believe in doing much good work in a short span of life instead of wasting a long life.
SHAFAQ JABEEN
IT DOESN’T matter how long you live but how well. In my opinion, the average lifespan should not be less than 65 years of age as a person needs to live life well. Although I am not completely in favour of a short lifespan, if you spend it happily and comfortably even that is fine. My emphasis is on living a full life, that is all.
ANAM ATHAR
I BELIEVE that the ideal human lifespan should depend upon the physical health of an idividual rather than his or her age. If a person at the age of 70 is perfectly fit and hale and hearty, then there’s no reason why his lifespan should be short. On the other hand, a person who is young, say around 30 years of age, and is weak and lethargic without any hope of improving, then it would be very uncomfortable for him to live this way for long. Some wise person once said that a person is not as old as he looks but as young as he feels.
JAVERIA SHAH
IN PAKISTAN, after the age of retirement (around 60 years), most of the people become flabby and idle. They may encounter many illnesses and diseases, and are sick and tired of their living by the time they are 70.
Therefore, I think that the lifespan of a person should be around 70 years because at this age they become very weak and not healthy enough to do much work. This is why many people start thinking of them as a burden. However, those people who are healthy and energetic even at the age of 70 should live to be a 100 or 90 at least.
BUSHRA ALI
I FEEL 70 years should be the ideal human lifespan. Let’s analyze why. The first two years of your life, as a toddler, are great. All you do is eat, sleep, eat some more and go back to sleep again.
The next two years you spend your time drawing and colouring pictures and learning your alphabets. Later you enjoy your childhood and your teenage years until you turn 18.
Finally adulthood arrives. You party, have fun and, of course, study hard to get through college or university. Moving on, life gets somewhat better if you have a job that you enjoy and a spouse you love.
Well, you finally turn 60 and retire from that job you loved. You start spending most of your time at your beach house with your spouse, attend senior citizen functions and have a ball till you turn 70. After 70, most of us either begin to suffer from memory loss or health problems. No one wants to look forward to that, do they?
HINA MITHANI
THE world is moving very fast. Who has the time to care and look after their ageing grandparents? Therefore, I think that the ideal human lifespan should be 55 to 60 years. No one bothers about old and ailing people.
As a person becomes weak and lethargic no one bothers about him. Have you ever thought what such a discarded person feels? He who as a parent served most of his life for the benefit of his children doesn’t even get anything in return.
So I think an average age of 55 to 60 years should be adequate. It’s an age when one is at the brink of old age and when he is not yet totally dependent on anyone. He has also finished his duty of bringing up his children. This life is useless without love. When love is no longer there, what else are we here for?
SUMAIYA AKHTAR
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